AAP Brisbane man Gerard Baden-Clay has been found guilty of murdering his wife Allison.Brisbane man Gerard Baden-Clay has been found guilty of murdering his wife Allison.
A Brisbane Supreme Court jury delivered the unanimous verdict just before noon on Tuesday, after deliberating for about 21 hours.
The decision comes on the 21st day of Baden-Clay's trial.
Baden-Clay clenched his jaw and closed his eyes as he learned his fate.
A cheer from Allison's family erupted in the court as the verdict was delivered.
Allison's sister Vanessa Fowler wept and clasped her hands, and whispered "thank you" to the jury.
Allison's mother Priscilla Dickie is reading a victim impact statement to the court.
"I'm grieving over the late Allison June Baden-Clay," she said in a shaking voice.
"My daughter was a wonderful mother, a devoted wife, a caring daughter and loving aunt."
"One of the last things Allison did was to leave her marks on her husband," Mrs Dickie said, referring to scratches her daughter left on Baden-Clay's face on the night she died.
She said Allison had so much to offer her family and her three young daughters, but all that had been taken away.
She said her family had been sentenced to a lifetime of grief.
"It devastated me to know Allison was living in a troubled relationship," Mrs Dickie said.
She said Baden-Clay had betrayed her daughter and made a mockery of their marriage.
"The pain does not go away," she said.
She said her life now revolved around Allison's three daughters, and she said their courage had astounded her.
"Their resilience to this tragedy is a result of her guidance and love," Mrs Dickie said.
"The girls will never see their mother again. They've been condemned to a life sentence without the love and companionship only a mother can give."
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